Jefferson Manor - Licensed Practical Nurse Resume Example

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Dylan Allen

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Baton Rouge, LA 70816

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Professional Summary

Accomplished and energetic LPN with a solid history of achievement in multiple areas of the nursing field. Motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities. Areas of expertise include Geri-psych/Behavior monitoring, Rehabilitation and Instruction.

Skills

Medicine administration orally, per feeding tube and injection
Customer and Personal Service

Enteral feeding administration continuously or bolus.
Injections IM, SQ, ID

Experience

Licensed Practical nurse Mar 2014 －Aug 2014 Jefferson Manor Baton Rouge, LA

Administer prescribed medications or start enteral feedings, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.

Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

Record food and fluid intake and output.

Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.

Licensed Practical Nurse/ADON May 2013 －Dec 2013 Sterling Place Nursing and Rehabilatation Center Baton Rouge, LA

Direct supervision of nurses and nurse's aides.

Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

Record food and fluid intake and output as part of a weight program and initiate and maintain interventions put into place to assure resident's progress.

Maintain the restorative program for residents to help with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.

Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments for nurses and residents.
Perform and maintain both staff and resident immunizations to assure they stay up to date.
Assist with training new hires on the computer documentation system.
Round with physician when visiting residents in the facility.
Assure resident's on the behavior unit attend their day programs and consult with them as necessary to assure continuity of care.
Helped to prepare for yearly state survey to assure guidelines are met.
Staff discipline when necessary.
New hire interviews.

LPN/ Staff Developer Aug 2012 －May 2013 Sterling Place Nursing and Rehab Center Baton Rouge, LA

Led the transition of switching from paper documentation to computer documentation in the facility on AHT system.
Assured all staff was trained and proficient with the use of the new computer system.
Maintain all updates and functional status of computers in the facility.
Trained all new hires.
Maintained and administered all staff and resident immunizations and kept records up to date.

Oversee day-to-day group activities of residents in institution.
Help to prepare for yearly state survey to make sure guidelines are met and maintained.
Staff discipline when necessary.
New hire interviews.

LPN/ behavior unit nurse Jan 2012 －Aug 2012 Sterling Place Nursing and Rehab Center Baton Rouge, LA

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.

Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

Assess patients' mental and physical status based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.

Monitor patients' medication usage and results.

Evaluate patients' behavior to assist physician or NP formulate diagnoses or assess treatments.

Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.

Med Pass Nurse, LPN Jan 2010 －May 2011 KPW staffing Baton Rouge, LA

Administer prescribed medications, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.

Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in an assisted living setting, such as , keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

LPN Mar 2007 －Jan 2010 American Nursing Services Baton Rouge, LA

Travel to a variety of different nursing facilities to perform all the duties of an LPN within scope of practice which included Med/Surg, Telemetry, Rehabilitation centers, Geri-Psych, Behavioral hospitals, Long term care and skilled nursing facilities.

Education